Marcus Brigstocke leaves wife for Emmerdale actress Hayley Tamaddon

I put my heart and soul into winning Dancing On Ice and it cost me my marriage

Hayley Tamaddon

Brunette Hayley is best known for playing Delilah Dingle on the ITV soap, and for winning Dancing on Ice in 2010.

She met comedian Brigstocke when they performed in Monty Python’s Spamalot musical together three years ago. The pair toured the country for months with the West End show.

And Brigstocke said later he “never wanted it to end”.

Hayley, 36, had split with her fiancé Darren Charles at the start of the tour after he cheated on her.

At the time she said: “I lived a dream of mine. I put my heart and soul into winning Dancing On Ice and it cost me my marriage.”

Now Brigstocke’s wife of 12 years has filed for divorce, citing infidelity.

Sophie Brigstocke, 39, found out about her husband’s cheating just weeks after he spoke happily about his family life. In an interview he claimed: “My most precious weekends are those spent at my home in Wandsworth, hanging out with Sophie and our children Alfie and Emily.”

The comedy star, 39, has now moved out of the £1.9million family home in south London and into a flat two miles away.

Over the weekend friends said Brigstocke was skiing in Austria with Hayley. Divorce papers reveal that the comedian “admits the adultery”.